Statement from the Diocese of New Hampshire

he Bishop and Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire met today in response to the London meeting of the Primates from the 38 autonomous Provinces of the worldwide Anglican Communion for prayer, bible study and discussion. We acknowledge and affirm the wisdom of the Primates of the Anglican Communion in their statement. We echo their affirmation that “what we hold in common is much greater than that which divides us in proclaiming Good News to the world.”

We commend their resolve to follow the 1998 Lambeth resolution calling for the Church to “listen to the experience of homosexual persons, and … to assure them that they are loved by God and that all baptised, believing and faithful persons, regardless of sexual orientation, are full members of the Body of Christ.”
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: Oct. 17, 2003 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=9325
Categories: ACNS • In this article: Anglican Communion, Episcopal Church, human sexuality, Primates Meeting Transmis : 17 oct. 2003 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=9325
Catégorie : ACNS • Dans cet article : Anglican Communion, Episcopal Church, human sexuality, Primates Meeting

Press statements from Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold and Archbishop Drexel Gomez

At the final press conference at the end of the Primates’ Meeting yesterday, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA, gave the following statement:

“I’d certainly like to underscore the Archbishop’s point about it being a difficult but truthful meeting. I think one thing that became very clear early on is that we seek to embody and proclaim the Gospel in very different contexts and what may, in fact, be good news to a majority in one province may, in fact, be bad news somewhere else in the world. And here I think particularly of my own province, the United States in which a majority, though not the whole province, has wrestled with the whole question of homosexuality for at least the last 30 years and come to a sense that men and women whose affections are ordered to members of the same sex are faithful members of the church; are people with whom we share ministry; are people we in many instances ordain, which of course has led to the confirmation of the election of the Bishop Elect of New Hampshire, which has caused such a division and certainly been one of the major focuses of our meeting here. But I do think what binds us together is deeper than some of the things that divide us and certainly the whole question of human sexuality; more particularly homosexuality; is far from settled and as we continue to struggle together I think it’s also important, as the Archbishop said, that we keep our focus on the mission we share because there is so much in the world that cries out for our attention beyond issues of human sexuality.
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: Oct. 17, 2003 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=9350
Categories: ACNS, Communiqué • In this article: Anglican Communion, Episcopal Church, human sexuality, Primates Meeting Transmis : 17 oct. 2003 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=9350
Catégorie : ACNS, Communiqué • Dans cet article : Anglican Communion, Episcopal Church, human sexuality, Primates Meeting

Statement from the Primates of Nigeria, Southeast Asia, and Rwanda

It is with great gratitude to God and appreciation to the people of the Anglican Communion and other churches that we greet you in the name of Jesus Christ.

As we met this week at Lambeth we experienced the power of the Holy Spirit moving among us. We are so grateful to God for hearing the prayers and cries of his praying people to preserve both the truth and the unity of the Anglican Communion. We urge continued prayer that the whole Anglican Communion may continue by God’s power to witness to the transforming love of Jesus for all people.
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: Oct. 17, 2003 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=9327
Categories: ACNS • In this article: Anglican Communion, human sexuality, Primates Meeting Transmis : 17 oct. 2003 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=9327
Catégorie : ACNS • Dans cet article : Anglican Communion, human sexuality, Primates Meeting

What happened at the Primates Meeting? A guide for our ecumenical partners

As you will know, the Primates of the Anglican Communion met together at Lambeth Palace on 15 and 16 October in response to recent developments within the Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Church of the United States of America. These developments included the election of a priest in a committed same sex relationship as a bishop, and the authorisation by one diocese in Canada of a public Rite of Blessing for Same Sex Unions. In their Statement at the end of the meeting, the Primates said four main things – (a) they committed themselves to working together in the Communion as far as possible, (b) they reaffirmed the teaching of the Anglican Communion on sexual ethics, (c) they acknowledged that recent developments will damage the Communion, and (d) they established a commission to take matters further.

… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: Oct. 17, 2003 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=9284
Categories: Opinion • In this article: Anglican Communion, Gregory Cameron, human sexuality, Primates Meeting Transmis : 17 oct. 2003 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=9284
Catégorie : Opinion • Dans cet article : Anglican Communion, Gregory Cameron, human sexuality, Primates Meeting

Archbishop of Canterbury’s statement at the final press conference of the Primates’ Meeting

Good evening everyone. Thank you very much for joining us. I hope you’ve had a chance, at least, to glance at the statement which has been produced by our meeting which has, in fact, been unanimously agreed by the meeting of the primates. And I’d like to offer a few words of introduction to this before we turn to questions.

It has been a very remarkable couple of days in the life of the Anglican Communion and it has certainly been anything but easy. It has not been without pain. But it has been honest and open and I hope that we have grown in some real shared understanding as a result. And I do want to take this opportunity of paying tribute to my colleagues in the Communion for all the dedication and the energy and steadfastness in Christian service that they show generally and that they have shown in these two demanding days.
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: Oct. 16, 2003 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=9322
Categories: ACNS • In this article: Anglican Communion, human sexuality, Primates Meeting Transmis : 16 oct. 2003 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=9322
Catégorie : ACNS • Dans cet article : Anglican Communion, human sexuality, Primates Meeting

A Statement by the Primates of the Anglican Communion

The Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Moderators of the United Churches, meeting together at Lambeth Palace on the 15th and 16th October, 2003, wish to express our gratitude to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, for calling us together in response to recent events in the Diocese of New Westminster, Canada, and the Episcopal Church (USA), and welcoming us into his home so that we might take counsel together, and to seek to discern, in an atmosphere of common prayer and worship, the will and guidance of the Holy Spirit for the common life of the thirty-eight provinces which constitute our Communion.

At a time of tension, we have struggled at great cost with the issues before us, but have also been renewed and strengthened in our Communion with one another through our worship and study of the Bible. This has led us into a deeper commitment to work together, and we affirm our pride in the Anglican inheritance of faith and order and our firm desire to remain part of a Communion, where what we hold in common is much greater than that which divides us in proclaiming Good News to the world.
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: Oct. 16, 2003 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=79
Categories: ACNS, Communiqué • In this article: Anglican Communion, human sexuality, Primates Meeting Transmis : 16 oct. 2003 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=79
Catégorie : ACNS, Communiqué • Dans cet article : Anglican Communion, human sexuality, Primates Meeting

At last, a theological row that’s about theology

It’s almost always front-page news when a bishop says something obviously true. Dr George Carey has spent most of his time in office pretending he is the spiritual leader of 70 million people in the worldwide Anglican Communion (a figure that assumes about 24 million followers in England alone).

Now, in a final gesture towards his liberal successor, he has cited the obvious, that the Communion is deeply divided over homosexuality. It has, he says, reached “crisis point”.
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: Sept. 18, 2002 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=12771
Categories: News, Opinion • In this article: Anglican Communion, Anglican Consultative Council, Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, human sexuality, same-sex blessing Transmis : 18 sept. 2002 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=12771
Catégorie : News, Opinion • Dans cet article : Anglican Communion, Anglican Consultative Council, Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, human sexuality, same-sex blessing

Analysis: Will sex rip apart the Church (as the Archbishop said to his flock)?

To virtually all the 70 million Anglicans spread in an arc from London to Kuala Lumpur, the name Capilano College has no significance. But, if the outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury is to be believed, the college on the Pacific shores of Canada could soon be a name as infamous for religious schism as the Diet of Worms, the Edict of Nantes or the Council of Trent.
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: Sept. 18, 2002 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=12769
Categories: News • In this article: Anglican Communion, Anglican Consultative Council, Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, human sexuality, same-sex blessing Transmis : 18 sept. 2002 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=12769
Catégorie : News • Dans cet article : Anglican Communion, Anglican Consultative Council, Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, human sexuality, same-sex blessing

Anglican chief and B.C. bishop in open feud over gay marriage

A public feud has broken out between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the British Columbia bishop he accused of creating a worldwide schism in the Anglican Church by deciding to bless homosexual relationships.

Dr. George Carey, the spiritual head of the Anglican Church, warned this week of a possible split in two over divisions caused by liberal-minded North American bishops. He specifically mentioned Michael Ingham, Bishop of the Diocese of New Westminster, B.C., which includes Vancouver.

Bishop Ingham shot back, questioning the Archbishop’s ethics and accusing him of using his office to meddle in local affairs.
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: Sept. 18, 2002 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=6221
Categories: News • In this article: Anglican Church of Canada, Archbishop of Canterbury, human sexuality Transmis : 18 sept. 2002 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=6221
Catégorie : News • Dans cet article : Anglican Church of Canada, Archbishop of Canterbury, human sexuality

Sydney Anglicans going too far, says Archbishop Carey

The growing split between factions of the worldwide Anglican Communion has reached “crisis proportions” and the issue of homosexuality is tearing the church apart, the outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, has said.

In his swansong address as president of the Anglican Consultative Council, Dr Carey also took a swipe at the Sydney Diocese for its drive to allow lay people to give Holy Communion.
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: Sept. 18, 2002 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=12767
Categories: News • In this article: Anglican Communion, Anglican Consultative Council, Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, human sexuality, lay presidency, same-sex blessing Transmis : 18 sept. 2002 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=12767
Catégorie : News • Dans cet article : Anglican Communion, Anglican Consultative Council, Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, human sexuality, lay presidency, same-sex blessing

Carey warns of ‘crisis’ over gays

The issue of homosexuality could push the Anglican Church to the brink, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned.

Dr George Carey said divisions in the Church had reached “crisis” point.

In a farewell address as president of the Anglican Consultative Council, a senior church body, he warned of the danger of breakaway groups emerging.
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: Sept. 17, 2002 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=12775
Categories: News • In this article: Anglican Communion, Anglican Consultative Council, Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, human sexuality, same-sex blessing Transmis : 17 sept. 2002 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=12775
Catégorie : News • Dans cet article : Anglican Communion, Anglican Consultative Council, Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, human sexuality, same-sex blessing

Gay issue puts Anglican unity at risk, says Carey

The retiring archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, yesterday warned of the risk of fragmentation in the 70 million-strong worldwide Anglican communion, of which he is the nominal leader, on the issue of homosexuality in the church.
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: Sept. 17, 2002 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=12773
Categories: News • In this article: Anglican Communion, Anglican Consultative Council, Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, human sexuality, same-sex blessing Transmis : 17 sept. 2002 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=12773
Catégorie : News • Dans cet article : Anglican Communion, Anglican Consultative Council, Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, human sexuality, same-sex blessing

Elephant ‘Outed’ at Covenant Network Conference

Participants discuss homosexuality without apology or discomfort by John Filiatreau, PCUSA News Service [ATLANTA, Ga] Homosexuality, the seldom-mentioned “elephant in the living room” during previous meetings of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians, emerged – came out, if you will – during the group’s national conference last week. Speakers and participants discussed homosexuality without apology and
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: Nov. 12, 1999 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=4983
Categories: PCUSA News • In this article: human sexuality Transmis : 12 nov. 1999 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=4983
Catégorie : PCUSA News • Dans cet article : human sexuality

30,000 protest United Church position

from the Windsor Star [SASKATOON] At least 30,000 members of the United Church of Canada have signed a declaration of dissent against a statement by the church’s general council dealing with sexuality, says a United Church minister in Saskatchewan. “I’m upset,” said Rev. Don Lamont of Eston. “Some people have already left my church over
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: Sept. 17, 1988 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=6233
Categories: News • In this article: human sexuality, United Church of Canada Transmis : 17 sept. 1988 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=6233
Catégorie : News • Dans cet article : human sexuality, United Church of Canada

Moderator’s farewell warns of church’s danger

from the Windsor Star [VICTORIA, BC] In a strongly worded farewell speech, the head of Canada’s largest Protestant denomination decried its divisiveness and warned of the danger of excluding believers. Anne Squire, the 67-year-old Amherstburg-born moderator, said what is at stake is whether the United Church wants to be “an inclusive or exclusive body.” And
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: Aug. 19, 1988 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=6236
Categories: News • In this article: human sexuality, United Church of Canada Transmis : 19 aoüt 1988 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=6236
Catégorie : News • Dans cet article : human sexuality, United Church of Canada